Lush greeneries and a crimson sun depict riverine Bangladesh on the cover of Bangladesh: A Literary Journey through 50 Short Stories, curated by writer and editor Rifat Munim. On November 25, 2022, ...

Tracing the evolution of a country based on short stories is a mammoth task. To do so for a nation wrought with political and militant turmoil is an even taller ask. That is exactly what Rifat Munim ...

No poet courted as much controversy, but he remained one of the most loved and towering figures in poetry in both Bangladesh and in West Bengal.

From left: Rifat Munim, Carmen Wickramagamage, Harish Trivedi, Amitabha Bagchi, founder of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Surina Narula, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal Pradeep Gyawali, ...

The 10th anniversary celebration of Dhaka Lit Fest at Bangla Academy hosted an esteemed panel at the Cosmic Tent on its first day. With editor Rifat Munim, writer and translator Aruna Chakravarti, and ...

(Translated by Rifat Munim)To this day I smell corpses rotting in the air To this day I observe death’s naked dance on the soil, Hapless cries of the raped I hear to this day in my sleep – Has this ...

Wondering which book to pick next? Check out Bangladesh: A Literary Journey through 50 Short Stories edited by Rifat Munim and published by Bee Books. This anthology of 50 short stories spans over ...

This is not the first time a singer has been brutally berated due to their rendition of Tagore songs. After describing why this region is India’s gateway to realising its eastern ambitions, Sudeep ...